The Transit Planning Board was a

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of the

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(ARC),

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(GRTA), and

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(MARTA). The TPB

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was founded in 2006, holding its first

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on February 16, adopting

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s on April 20, and adopting a

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on August 17. It states that it "is a partnership leading the establishment and maintenance of a seamless, integrated

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network for the Atlanta region. Specifically, TPB will: * Develop a regional transit plan including a comprehensive financial plan; * Work to improve regional service coordination, including integrating fares, marketing and customer information; * Measure system performance; and, * Advocate for increased federal funding for regional transit."

Members

Some of the following may have changed since 2007.

Agency representatives

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Chair, Gena Abraham * GRTA Chair, Walter Deriso * MARTA Acting Chair, Michael Walls * MARTA General Manager, Beverly Scott

Local elected officials

* Atlanta Mayor,

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* Cherokee County Chair, Buzz Ahrens * Clayton County Chair,

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, TPB vice-chairman * Cobb County Chair,

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* DeKalb County CEO,

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* Douglas County Chair, Tom Worthan * Fayette County Chair, Jack Smith * Fulton County Chair, John Eaves * Gwinnett County Chair, Charles Bannister * Henry County Chair, Jason Harper * Rockdale County Chair, Roy Middlebrooks * Spalding County Chair, Eddie Freeman

Appointees of the governor of Georgia

* Douglas Tollett * Lara O’Connor Hodgson * Pam Sessions It does not have any representatives from

Cobb Community Transit CobbLinc (formerly Cobb Community Transit) is the bus public transit system in Cobb County, Georgia, one of metro Atlanta's three most populous suburban County (United States), counties. (The others are Gwinnett County, Georgia, Gwinnett County, ...

(CCT),

Gwinnett County Transit Gwinnett County Transit or GCT is the bus public transit system in Gwinnett County, Georgia, United States, one of metro Atlanta's three most populous suburban counties. (The others are Cobb County, which operates CobbLinc, and Clayton County ...

(GCT), or C-TRAN, the local

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systems.

Concept 3

Concept 3 is the third and final draft of a plan to build an extensive network of

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, light rail, and

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by 2030, totaling about 500 miles or 800 kilometers. It was finalized in July 2008 and adopted in August 2008.

External links

TPB official website
2006 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state) Atlanta metropolitan area